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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This type of constitution is not limited by actual conditions and is not required to function in practice.
(a) Promissory.
(b) Ideal.
(c) Unique.
(d) Descriptive.

2. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?
(a) Deciding who rules.
(b) Justice.
(c) Definition of citizenship.
(d) Laws that govern a state.

3. Aristotle says that to treat people who act on behaviors which cause crime, they should pursue and study what?
(a) Science.
(b) Law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Drama.

4. According to Aristotle, the end in a democracy is the best interests of whom?
(a) The individual.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The rich.
(d) The poor.

5. A universal constitution means, according to Aristotle, that the constitution can do what?
(a) Include many different people in its laws.
(b) Not offend anyone.
(c) Function anywhere effectively.
(d) Provide for all different cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that women are taught to endure and dish out what, in their families, homes, and with other women?

2. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?

3. Aristotle says that when people of wealth are cast into poverty, it is a breeding ground for what?

4. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?

5. What does Aristotle calls the pool from which oligarchies draw their officials?

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